It never fails; Every time I reinstall Microsoft Office on, I completely forget about the fact that it creates a folder called Microsoft User Data inside my Documents folder. This is just unacceptable. I sync my Documents folder to several computers, and I only want actual documents in there. After all, this folder is explicitly designed to store documents, not settings. There’s a nice little folder called Library if you want to store your application settings somewhere. Or if you’re bound and determined to ignore the OS guidelines, you can just store your settings inside your completely unnecessary /Applications/My Application folder.
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When I created this website, I decided that I would use custom and unique description and keywords meta for each blog post. The idea here was to make each page a bit more individual in the eyes of search engines. I realize that search engines no longer place much (if any) weight on these factors, but it doesn’t hurt to be thorough.
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Late one night, restlessly pouring over my feeds, I came across this contest. I didn’t have a handy html5 app or chrome extension to enter, but the third option required no preparatory work: Tell us how you would explain what a “web app” is to your grandmother.
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I’d like to think I’m a casual gamer; That would be a vast mistruth. I’ve owned an Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, Xbox, PS, GBA, Xbox 360, and several gaming computers. While I don’t enjoy all types of games, there are certain genres that continually suck me in.
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Linking to from one document to another is basically the foundation of the internet. The URL of a document is the address you point your browser at to retrieve some content. Content on the internet is meant to be read. You drive readers to your content by publishing the URL. Ideally you want your content to be available to readers not only now, but for years hence.
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